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Herman Hollerith
he was the 1st to take Jacquard's punch card concept and apply it to computing.
he had a huge mustache -
Z1 Computer
it was a mechanical calculator and was considered to be the 1st computer.
it was destroyed by allied air raids in 1943 but was rebuilt in 1986 -
1st generation computer
the ran off of vacuum tubes and were giant. -
Eniac
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was the 1st high speed digital computer.
It weighed over 25 tons. -
univac
it was the 1st commercially successful electronic digital computer. It operated on magnetic tape
it was 25 feet by 50 feet in length. -
2nd generation computers
these were created because of the faulty vacuum tubes from the 1st generation -
Jack Kilby
he created the 1st inegrated circuit.
signs at the entery of Jefferson City commemorate him. -
3rd generation computers
these became accessible to a mass audience -
4th generation computer
the first home computer came from 4th generation -
Altair Computer
The Altair Computer was the first personal computer.
The computer is rumored to come from Star Trek -
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs co created apple computers.
Ashton Kutcher plays him in the movie about him. -
Apple 2
Apple 2 was made it easier for not as tech savvy people to write their own programs. This gave it more abilities than just gaming and special programming.
Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagon van to help make Apple 2 -
BASIC
it was a powerful programming language used to build a wide range of windows applications.
a typical basic keyword is "LET" which assigns a value to a variable -
wordstar
1st word processing application -
Intro To the GUI
The GUI made it easier for people to work on the computer. It provided another reason for people to buy a computer.
3d guys appeared in science fiction movies before it was real. -
Osborne computer
Made the 1st portable computer. It wayed 24 pounds, had a 5 inch screen and costed $1,795
Osborne was the opposite of Steve Jobs. He was very blatant about his computer's problems -
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is a co founder of microsoft
he's donated over a million dollars to charity -
pagemaker
the first desktop publishing software -
excel
one of the 1st spreadsheets to use a GUI
Excel 97 had a working flight sim included as n easter egg -
mosaic
this browser could display graphics as well as text
It set many of the browser standards for modern browsers. -
netscape
it was an early internet browser
in 2003 Time Warner disbanded Netscape -
Charles Babbage
He made the 1st automatic calculator. He is known as the father of computing
People disliked Babbage and would throw dead cats at his hosue. -
visicalc
first electronic spreadsheet application
it was recieved very well